Folding or collapsible box.



R. I. RHODES.

FOLDING 0R coLLAPsIBLE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4,1913.

Patented` May 12, 1914.

UNTER@ STATES RUSSELL I. RHODES,

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CO., A CORPORATION 0F MASSACHUSETTS.

FOLDING OR COLLAPSIBLE BOX.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedlllay 12, '1914.

Application filed November-, `1913. Serial No. 799,190.

To d ILehm/1, it may conce/rn:

Bo it known that I, Rossano l. Briones, citizen of the United States, residing at At lleboro, iilassacluisetts, have .invented ce1'- tain new and useful Improvements in Foldingl or Collapsible Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

illy invention relates to knock-down or folding boxes, and has among others for its objects to provide a box of simple, durable, economical and efiicient construction which will have a high degree of strength and rigidity and serve to fully protect the contents during: shipment.

The. invention includes the novel features of construction and arrainienient and combination of parts hereinafter described and inufticularly defined by the appended claim.

ln order that my invention may be the better understood. Il will explain it by aid of the accompanying' drawings which illust 'ate an einliodiinent. of the invention and in which- Figure 'l is a plan view of one of the blanks from which the box is made; and Fig'. 2 a similar View of the other blank. Fig'. C3 is a sectional view; and Fig'. i is a view with lthe top and bottom opened out.

As shown in. these dra wings, l prefer to construct the box of two blanks or pieces of sheet material which 1na' \v be plain stiff cardboard or pasteboard, or corrugated board as found desirable. The blank shown in Fie'.

V1 is desiened to forni one side l which for convcniience l will terni the back), and the top and bottoni 2 and 3. These are, howover. duplicates of each other, and they are provided with flaps 2a and 3a. These several portions are preferably formed. by scorin;v the blank aloner the lines (1-0/ and 7)-b to facilitate folding'. They other blank in,- dicated in Fig. 2 comprises a portion 4t adapted to forni the front of the box or lside opposite the portion l. and end forming sec tions and 6, these being formed by scoring the blanks along` the lines (:-c. The front section il has integral flap extensions 4 formed by scoring alone; the lines dnd. and the sections 5 and 6 have corresponding` flaps 5a and 62L likewise formed by scoring along the lines e-e and .7L-f. The sections 5 and 6 have respectively further flaps 5b and 6" formed by scoring along the lines g-g. In

assembling` the box7 the flaps 5b and Gb are lsecured to the inner face of the hack l, and the flaps -l are folded down within the reetangular closure thus formed and against the inner face of the section l. Thereafter the flaps` fr* and o are folded inward into a position parallel with each other and with the top and bottoni edges of the section 4, and the top and bottoni portions 2 and 3 folded down and the flaps 2 and 3 inserted between the ends of the flaps 5 and 6, and the inner faces of the inwardly turned iiaps -l-. thus forming' the complete closure. ln order that the flaps may he easily and quickly and securely held in closinpr posi tions, l pre'lcr lio provide flexible metallic fasteners` as indicated at T. These coinprise plates of foldable nletal which are provided with tongues Y adapted to penetrate the sheet material. being secured by forcing the tong-ues through the material and clainp incy lhein on the other side. I prefer to secure these plates to the flaps la so that when the flaps are turned dmvnwardly the fasteninnl plates are on the inside of the box, the tongues 7" thereof projecting upwardly. 'Ihese tongues, when the top and bottoin are brought down in the manner above dev scribed. pass within the loops 5 which are simpl)v sheet inetal plates or clips secured to the sections 2" and 3 near the point of folding. preferably by havingtongues forced through the inel'al and clenched on the inside. lVhen the tongues 7" have thus been passed through these clips, they can be folded over to retain the top and bottoni securely in position.

lly providing` the flaps 4l which are folded inward and downward against the inner .face of section l. l provide a double thickness of material at the front edges of the box. and. thus a strongly reinforced construetimi.

Having' thus described inv invention what l claim is:

A box of the character described comprising; a blank scored to forni one side section, the top and bottoni. and two end flaps. and a second blank scored to forni the second side section and two end sections, said end sections having terminal flaps secured to the side section of the first named blank and said side and end sections of said second of the box lies Within said boX and between two aps.

In testimonyv whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

RUSSELL I. RHODES.

blank each having top and bottom eXtensions or flaps, said flaps being turned back upon the inner face of said side section, metallio fasteningl tongues on said flaps projeoting` outwardly therefrom and adapted to cooperate with eye pieces on the outer faces r of the flaps of the top and bottom sections so that when fastened the fastening' means ,Y .Y

YVtnesses ARTHtm A. VELLER, AMos F. PHIPPS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

